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Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 March 1943, Page 3

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CARTERTON SALE. LATE RATES MAINTAINED. Messrs Wright Stephenson and Co., Ltd., report as follows on their Carterton sale yesterday:—A good yarding of sheep, cattle and pigs came forward. Prices were on a par late rates and practically a total clearance was effected under the hammer. The following are some of the realisations:— Sheep: Fat wethers, 23s 6d, 23s 9d, 24s 9d, 25s to 265; fat ewes, 10s, 12s to 12s lOd; fat lambs, 21s 2d, 25s to 25s 7d; fat and forward, b.f. 2-ths., to 20s lid: forward 2-th. wethers, to 21s; fat and forward woolly wether lambs, 15s Id to 17s 7d; woolly wether lambs, Us 6d, 12s, 12s 9d to 12s lOd; b.f. lambs, 9s 9d, 10s, 10s Id, Us 7d to 13s 4d; small woolly ewe lambs, to 10s; small w.w. lambs, 8s 3d, 9s to 10s 9d; f.m. ewes, to 7s Id; cull lambs, 4s, 5s 6d to 6s 3d; 1-shear S.D. rams, to 4gns.; f.m. S.D. rams, to Ign. Cattle: Fat cows, £5, £5 15s, £6, £6 18s to £8; forward cows, £3 18s, £4 ss, £4 10s to £4 15s; store cows, 255, £2, £2 10s, £3 2s, £3t 10s to £3 16s; cows and calves, £2 10s to £5 8s: bulls, £4 15s, £5, £6, £6 10s to £7 10s; 18-mos. dairy heifers, r.w. bull, to £5 ss; fat steers, to £10; empty heifers, £4 to £5 Is: heifer calves, to £3 3s. Pigs: Baconers, £4 12s 6d, £4 15s, £5 2s 6d, £5 ss, £5 7s 6d, £5 9s to £5 10s; heavy porkers, £3 17s, £4 to £4 ss; porkers, £3 Is, £3 2s 6d, £3 6s, 3 14s to £3 16s; light porkers, £2 Ils, £2 12s, £2 13s, £2 15s to £2 18s; store pigs, £2, £2 2s to £2 6s; slips, 21s, 235, 255, 28s, 32s to 345; weaners, good, 15s, 16s 6d, 17s, 6d, 18s, 18s 6d to 19s; medium, 10s 6d, 12s, 13s 6d to 14s 6d; small, 5s 6d, 8s 6d to 10s; choppers, £2 3s, £3 4s, £3 15s to £3 17s 6d. •